In Church Sunday, in front of us, two spoke 'bout Aunt who'd died. Was out of state - not very old, and all her kinfolks ...

The language of grief, suffering, and loss is therefore a language of striving and inadequacy. Literature, in its unending quest to illuminate the human condition, continually returns to this ...

Born in Chicago and raised in Alabama, WJ Lofton’s creative work breathes life into the intricacies of identity, race, grief, masculinity, and love. His latest poetry collection, boy, maybe ...

Grief is not merely an emotion as studies have shown that prolonged grief increases inflammatory markers, weakens immune function, and disrupts hormonal balance.

Another case was of an 86-year-old man, a towering figure of humility and success, known for his accomplishments, who had always put his family first. Yet somewhere in the noise of expectations and ...

The unspoken subject of Mithya is violence, and the big zinger here is our recognition that the movie is showing us the ...

Composed of small gestures and unspoken truths, it’s a bonsai miniature of the vastness of overwhelming grief.

On a recent Friday afternoon, I joined Joe Hoover, S.J., our poetry editor, and James Davis May, the winner of last year’s contest, in a spirited debate to choose the winning poem for the 2025 ...

Some novels sound like poetry even without the line breaks. These ten titles offer prose so lyrical and rich it feels like reading verse in disguise. Their sentences shimmer with rhythm, metaphor, and ...

Grief is often associated with visible signs of sorrow such as tears, eulogies, and withdrawal from social interactions. However, silent grief remains hidden, unspoken, and often unrecognized.